COUSIN BETTE (DVD/WS/FR&SP) DVD

Cousin Bette
Acclaimed theater director Des McAnuff made his feature-film directorial debut with this period comedy-drama adapted from Honore de Balzac's novel La Cousine Bette (1846) about a jealous and bitter spinster who attempts to destroy the romance between her niece and a Polish sculptor. In Paris of the 1840s, spinster Bette Fisher (Jessica Lange) steps in to "take care" of her relatives after a decline in the Hulot family fortunes, mainly due to wastrel Hector Hulot (Hugh Laurie). After penniless sculptor Wenceslas Steinbach (Aden Young) marries Hector's daughter, Hortense (Kelly Macdonald), Bette schemes and plots, drawing Hector's mistress, music-hall star Jenny Cadine (Elisabeth Shue), into her web by arranging for wealthy Cesar Crevel (Bob Hoskins) to become Jenny's benefactor. Filmed at locations in and around Bordeaux. Shown at the 1998 Seattle Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast Jessica Lange as Bette Fisher Elisabeth Shue as Jenny Cadine Bob Hoskins as Cesar Crevel Hugh Laurie as Baron Hector Hulot Kelly MacDonald as Hortense Hulot Aden Young as Count Wenceslas Steinbach Geraldine Chaplin as Adeline Hulot Toby Stephens as Victorin Hulot John Sessions as Musical Director

Crew Didier Naert - Art Director Rodney Liber - Associate Producer Neris Thomas - Associate Producer Mary Margiotta - Casting Liora Reich - Casting Karen Margiotta - Casting Jane Gibson - Choreography Philippe Guez - Co-producer Gabriella Pescucci - Costume Designer Eric Bartonio - First Assistant Director Des McAnuff - Director Barry Alexander Brown - Editor Tariq Anwar - Editor Susan Tarr - Executive Producer Lynn Siefert - Executive Producer Rob Scheidlinger - Executive Producer Simon Boswell - Composer (Music Score) Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski - Production Designer Andrzej Sekula - Cinematographer Sarah Radclyffe - Producer Robert Le Corre - Set Designer Drew Kunin - Sound/Sound Designer Lynn Siefert - Screenwriter Susan Tarr - Screenwriter Honoré de Balzac - Book Author

Cousin Bette
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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Spanish, English Sound Processing: 2: PCM stereo Additional Features: Widescreen format [aspect ratio 1.85:1] Interactive menus Scene selection Original theatrical trailer Languages: English 2.0 Subtiltes: English; Spanish DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 110 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 0. Scene Selection 1. Adeline's Last Wish (Main Titles) [1:42] 2. Delicate Matters [5:32] 3. A Little Crocodile [:57] 4. Her Sweetheart [2:51] 5. Hortene's Suitors [3:06] 6. Her Slave [2:09] 7. A Husband for Hortense [1:38] 8. No Longer Beautiful [3:59] 9. Lunch Time [1:23] 10. The Hand That Wields the Ax [4:44] 11. The Wedding [2:17] 12. Love is the Master [6:54] 13. The Problem with Wenceslas [2:14] 14. The Moneylender [2:43] 15. The Empire is Dying [2:16] 16. The Duel [3:49] 17. The Statue [4:32] 18. 200,000 Francs [1:03] 19. Delilah [3:59] 20. A Letter From Jenny [2:02] 21. The Naked Truth [3:59] 22. The Devil Has a Sister [3:15] 23. Life is So Boring [:17] 24. Six Months Later [2:54] 25. End Titles [1:57]